Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1887-09-30
IN TOWN and OUT.

Mrs. D. M Waterbury has been chosen
to teach the Winona school,.
IA large number of the citizens of Will.
iamspert are still absent at Bismarck at
tending court.
For new crop Box Elder and White
Ash Seeds go to Oscar H. Will, Seeds.
man, Bismarck, Oak.
4 September and October are about as
bright and balmy months in this part of
Dakota as one could ask fer.
" Mr.. Linn. genial and intelligent
young gentleman from Winchester, visi-
ted the county seat Tuesday.
r. L. Durant 6 Co., wholesale and re.
tail booksellers and stationers, wall paper
and music dealers. Bismarck. Oak.
|L/On the 10th of next month Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. II. Worst will celebrate their
crystal wedding. They were married in
1872.
kfA large party of ladies and gentlemen
from Steele passed through town yester.
day afternoon on pleasure trip to Fort
Yates. S -
u The REcoRn,has on exhibition bunch
of csrn from the field of Mr. N j. Shields.
1t is yellow in color, ripened early, and
yielded we'll.
- Dave Yeater's oats thrashed over so
bushels to the acre. Jack Perry had a
piece of wheat that went 26 bushels to
the acre, and his oats went over 80.
Will Derr, Tie Pioneer Butcher, has
had some splendid beef on sale lately. 1t
was fattened on the native grass and, If
there was ever better beef produced
ON corn.feeding, it must have been delic.
lous.
" Frank Smith, of Glencoe, made US a
pleasant call, Tuesday. The Smith.
Miller thrasher IS now busily at work in
this neighborhood. It does good work
and gives great satisfaction to our farm.
ers/
" Some of the young men of Emmons
County seem to take great interest in ed.
ucational matters. Wonder if it's pure
love for the cause of education or the
presence of the schoolma' ans that at.
tracts them?
| Grand Forks Herald The finest dis
play of garden, field and flower seeds at
the North Dakota Fair is made by Oscar
H. Will, of Bismarck. He has neat
stand, with specimens of all kinds grown
IN North Dakota.
John Boutillier made trip out toward
Long Lake the other day. He says the
wild geese in the lakes and on stubble
fields were so plentiful that-it being 9
windy day--he could almost reach 'em
with pitchfork.
On the question of advertising, New
York hetel proprietor whose card Is in
hundreds of newspapers throughout the
union, being asked why he continued tc
advertise when his house was full, an
swered: ITO keep it full"
n During the present busy season F.
school in Wi]liamsport township got
down to one schelar--a boy of ten
The other morning he was told to hurry
up or he would be toe late for school
"Oh, that's all right" SAID he u; "teache
can't take up school till get there"
Everybody living on the Missour
Slope knows DR.. Dunn, the old. timer
In purchasing drugs the public has to de
pend largely on the dealers statements
as to quality and prices. Nobody eve
had reason to complain of his dealingl
with the firm of Dunn & Co. Therefore
when in Bismarck, be sure to call on them
The time draws nigh when the citizen
Of Emmons County will begin haulin,
their wheat to Bismarck. Every one will
then want to lay in a supply of groceries
and all will desire to deal with fra thu
= they feel assured keeps only fresh an,
pure goods in stock, and that is satisf1e,
with q reasonable margin of profit. Georg
Jennings bears this reputation, and if ye,
deal with kim you will make no mistake
The parties who obtained the Rool
steam thrasher on trial, pretending tha
they wanted to buy 1t, backed out. The,
complained that the engine did not worl
properly, and Mr.. Boutillier went out t.
: see what was the matter. The partie
had got the engine temporarily out o
FIX, but it was easily righted. Havin
then no excuse, the parties refused point
blank to abide by their agreement.
The Yankton Press says that it is th
opinion of competent attorneys that, i
the elections this fall for commissioner
and to obtain the sentiment on territeris
division, it will be necessary to prov1d
separate ballet-boxes, tickets, Judge,
clerks, poll-boeks, and returns, to carr
out in their entirety the provisions of tn
different enactments. On the other hanc
the LaMoure Progress says that it will b
sufficient to provide different ballot.boxe
and ballots. and that polling places an
election officers in duplicate need not b
employed.
Potatoes are now selling at Bismarc
and Sterling at 40 cents per bushel. w
understand that some of our farmers ir
. tend to- keep their potatoes until nes
spring. 1t should be remembered, how
ever, that "a bird in the hand Is wort
two in the BUSH" When one consider
the interest on their present money valu,
trouble of storing, danger of freezin
and rotting, and bad roads next sprin,
it Is not certain that keeping the Gro
l would be a W,se unave Rnoi1oo MT otnf